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Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
Catherine talks about the characters in her books and the real people who inspired them.
  1. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  2. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  9. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  10. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  11. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  12. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  13. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  14. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  15. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
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